Quotes

"Bread making is like the
railways. It never stops. We
set aside only two days a year
for maintenance work.”

Khodadad Irani, co-owner, Wibs,
DNA, January 11, 2015

"A vote is the great equalizer,
but only when it is cast.”

Charles M. Blow, columnist, Reader’s Digest, January 2015

"All over the world, forests are giving way to concrete. Here, I am trying to bring the forest into the city, to improve the quality
of life. You’d think I was a
monster or something,
judging from the reaction.”

Hafeez Contractor, architect, Verve
Second Quarter 2000, clipping submitted
by reader Rashid Khosravi

"All you need to share your
poetry is a piece of paper.”

Adil Jussawalla, poet, Mint, March 14, 2015

"Freeze your eggs. The success rate with thawing the eggs depends on the age of the woman; so if someone comes at a younger age, she will have a higher chance of having a baby than say somebody who freezes her eggs at 40.”

Dr Firuza Parikh, director, Department of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre,
DNA, February 21, 2015

"I am not the kind of mother who will talk about something positive once and just forget about it. I’m always bringing it to table. Our children don’t live with us anymore, they live on their own but I am always bringing it into the conversation wherever I (can) and whenever I get an opportunity to do so.”

Pheroza Godrej, art historian, DNA,
March 28, 2015

"Is it (a) crime for a Parsi to learn Urdu and write poetry in it... It is communal politics which divides a language along religious lines.”

Dr Navroze Kotwal, orthodontist and Urdu poet, The Times of India, April 7, 2015

"Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.”

E. B. White, writer, The Economic
Times, April 7, 2015

"What makes a winning idea
is uniqueness and simplicity.
Often we get caught with a
complicated idea which makes
me wonder how did the
consumers understand this?”

Jasmin Sohrabji, chief executive officer, South East Asia and India, Omnicom Media Group, The Economic Times, April 8, 2015

"At my navjote the family found we had left behind the 72-thread lamb’s wool woven kusti...
My brother ran (home to) get it
and I was officially ordained.”

Meher Marfatia, writer, Mid Day, April 12, 2015